Seamus Mullen ’92, award-winning New York chef, restauranteur, and cookbook author. Mullen is known for his inventive yet approachable Spanish cuisine, and is a leading authority on health and wellness.

Aurelia Brazeal ’61— Diplomat-in-residence, Howard University; former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Micronesia (first U.S. ambassador to the latter)

Lucy Wilson Benson ’45 — The first woman to become (in 1977) an under secretary of state, then the most senior position ever held by a woman in the Department of State

Valerie Jarrett '74 — Lawyer, businessperson, and civic leader; White House senior adviser, assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and public engagement, and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls during the Obama administration

J. Stapleton Roy ’52 — Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson Center; former U.S. ambassador to Singapore, Indonesia, and People’s Republic of China

Anna Diggs Taylor ’50 — Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (first black woman appointed to that role)